Improvement in frames for traveling-bags



W. SIMON.

FRAMES FOR TRAVELING BAGS N(;,184,0Z3 Patented Nov.7,1876.

WITNEEEES= INVENTU UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SIMON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRAMES FOR TRAVELING-BAGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,023, dated November7, 1876; application filed September 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SIMON, of

Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Traveling-Bag Frame and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in traveling-bags and satchels;and it consists in the peculiar form and application of a catch orcatches to the plates by which the handle is secured to the frame, thesaid catch or catches being locked in a vertical position, for thepurpose of holding the frame closed, by catching over the balls on thehandles, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

(t represents an ordinary satchel-frame. b

is the lockplate; c, the lock; d, the handle,

which has its ends secured in the rings or shells c, all of which partsare preferably constructed as shown in my patent of May 2, 1876, No.177,020, or in any other way that may be preferred. The plate to whichthe shells e are secured extends outward beyond the outer ends of theshells, and has a crimp or crease made in it for the purpose of holdingthe catch 9 in position. This catch consists of the bar '5, which passesthrough the crimp or crease, the loop or ring h on top, and the leg 0,which projects down over one side so as to hold the frame closed. On theend of each ring or shell is a small knob, a, over which the loop orring it is made to catch, when the catch 9 is so turned that the leg 0projects down over the side of the frame for the purpose of lockingit inthis position. The catches g may be applied to those plates by which thehandles are fastened to the frame, even when these plates are not madeas a part of the lock-plate, as here shown, but are made separately, asis usually the case. By the application of these catches to the top ofthe frame, instead of to the sides, the great strain is taken from thelock, and the catches are made much more handy and can be gotten at muchmore readily.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- l. The combination of acatch for holding the frame closed, and a ball or other suitableprotector on the handle-ring for holding the catch in position,substantially as set forth.

2. The catch g, consisting of the bar a, ring it, and leg 0, combinedwith a fastening-plate for securing it to the frame, substantially asshown.

3. The combination of a lock-plate, b, to'

WILLIAM SIMON.

Witnesses:

F. W. FELDMAN, PERETZ ROSENBERG.

